Write or call your representatives. Join the pro-gun lobby of your choice. And answer your phone when the pollsters call. Conservatives tend not to do that, which makes the country look even more leftist than it actually is.

Ha! Here in the Corpulent Governor State, one of our Senators is senile and the other is a pervert. Both Democrats of course. Our Congressman is a Princeton-schooled RINO who ranks lower on the ACU Conservative scale than some Democrats. He was one of the 8 traitors who voted for Cap and Trade. I do send him emails (that he ignores) but he won't take my calls anymore.

If he tries for the GOP nomination, every one of his opponents will be running commercials showing him cuddling with The One after Sandy.

Unfortunately, if the moderate GOP lemmings flock to him (moderates herd or flock much better than conservatives) and the conservatives split their vote as usual, that may not deny him the nomination. cf. M. Romney.

Then again, Obama was a first term senator with no real accomplishments 5 years ago.

Now he's a second term President with no real (positive) accomplishments. And honestly, it's tough to count Obamacare as something he did, even though his name is on it. It's really more like Pelosicare.

It seems like the goal of a "moderate" republican is to get as many democrat votes as possible, without too many republicans getting "out of line."

Yes, but the moderates don't really want to be associated with those "icky" ideologically conservative types either. They'll happily lop them off.

The problem is that these moderates are so insecure, they glom onto the first consensus moderate candidate, whereas the conservatives split their votes in search of the most "pure" candidate across a variety of real issues.

Probably. The United States transformed itself from a representative republic into the mob rule of nearly pure democracy, and at the same time created a nation of historical and civic ignoramuses and idiots.

I didn't start this site because I think the future, at least near term, is bright.

Has been, since at least last Friday, which is when I posted the link on the blog. In fact, it seems that that document has been on her web page since early December, so it's a draft, and may not be what she's pushing.

Probably, we're supposed to beg them to pass it so we can find out what's in it.

I saw a blog post which asserted that the big list is basically a red herring, and that the way the language is written elsewhere in the bill, that pretty much any detachable magazine semi-auto would be banned.

I tried to find it, but the format used for bills makes anything in there unintelligible.

Gun writer Alan Korwin, who
blogs here,
argues (in an email missive that does not seem to be online yet)
that the "assault weapon" ban
introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) last week
effectively bans all semiautomatic rifles, not just the
scary-looking, military-style ones. How so? Under
her bill, a rifle that accepts a detachable magazine qualifies
as an "assault weapon" if it has one or more of six features,
including "a pistol grip." The bill defines a "pistol grip" as "a
grip, a thumbhole stock, or any other characteristic that can
function as a grip" (emphasis added). Therefore, Korwin says,
"any semi-automatic firearm that exists, with anything on it you
can grip, is banned."

Given how little these idiots actually seem to know about firearms, I'm inclined to think this is accidental, especially given that the bill specifically exempts about 2000 rifles that you can "grip" from its provisions.

Nonetheless, the whole thing is an intolerable and unconstitutional affront to our unalienable rights and liberties, and must be murdered in its crib.

Last night GovTrack informed me that Bill's esteemed Senator Feinswine has posted the "official" summary of her assault weapons ban on her Senate webpage. Fisking at The Cluemeter: S-150 summary now posted, excerpts below:

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The legislation bans the sale, transfer, manufacturing and importation of:

All semiautomatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: pistol grip; forward grip; folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; grenade launcher or rocket launcher; barrel shroud; or threaded barrel.

All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: threaded barrel; second pistol grip; barrel shroud; capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip; or semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.

All semiautomatic rifles and handguns that have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.

All semiautomatic shotguns that have a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; pistol grip; fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds; ability to accept a detachable magazine; forward grip; grenade launcher or rocket launcher; or shotgun with a revolving cylinder.

All ammunition feeding devices (magazines, strips, and drums) capable of accepting more than 10 rounds. 157 specifically-named firearms (listed at the end of this page).

I wanna see the Mossberg 930 with a rocket launcher attached to it...Further down, she adds:

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The legislation addresses the millions of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines currently in existence by:

Requiring a background check on all sales or transfers of a grandfathered assault weapon.

This background check can be run through the FBI or, if a state chooses, initiated with a state agency, as with the existing background check system.

Prohibiting the sale or transfer of large-capacity ammunition feeding devices lawfully possessed on the date of enactment of the bill.

Allowing states and localities to use federal Byrne JAG grant funds to conduct a voluntary buy-back program for grandfathered assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices.

Imposing a safe storage requirement for grandfathered firearms, to keep them away from prohibited persons.

Requiring that assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices manufactured after the date of the billís enactment be engraved with the serial number and date of manufacture of the weapon

Ooh, look, a Federal registry of "assault weapons"! And still no definition of what is an "assault weapon", just a list of cosmetic features we don't like!

Does this bill have a chance of passing? Maybe not, but what is their "reasonable compromise" going to look like?